Vocal Arts Ensemble of Ann Arbor
Benjamin Cohen, director
“The Story of Orpheus” will weave an original, seamless musical drama featuring some of the area’s finest artists, including actors, dancers and instrumentalists. In this program, we will bring Orpheus to life in all his fascinating colors: musician supreme, half-god, arrogant Nature-Trumpeter, and lover who is torn apart, literally and figuratively by Love. Using the harrowing and beautiful texts of Rilke, Virgil and Ovid as our guide, we will follow Orpheus from the fields of Thrace to his wedding ceremony with Eurydice, down the River Styx to the Underworld and back up again where he meets his fate.
Two performances: Friday, May 6 at 8:00pm and Sunday, May 8 at 4:00pm
Keene Theater, UM Residential College – 701 E. University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
www.vocalartsannarbor.org
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